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David Laitin, PhD
James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science; CISAC Affiliated Faculty Member

Department of Political Science
Stanford University
Encina Hall, W423
Stanford, CA 94305-6044

dlaitin@stanford.edu
(650) 725-9556 (voice)
(650) 723-1808 (fax)

Research Interests
culture; ethnicity; nationalism; civil wars

Working Papers

Theory of Endogenous Institutional Change, A
Avner Greif, David Laitin
CDDRL Working Papers (2004)

Neotrusteeship and the Problem of Weak States
James D. Fearon, David Laitin
International Security vol. 28, 4 (2004)
Misunderestimating Terrorism
Alan B. Kreuger, David Laitin
Foreign Affairs vol. 83, 5 (2004)
Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil War
James D. Fearon, David Laitin
American Political Science Review vol. 97, 1 (2003)
Ethnic and Nationalist Violence
David Laitin, Rogers Brubaker
Annual Review of Sociology vol. 24 (1998)

Uncle Sam's lonely predicament
David Laitin
Op-ed: Newsday on December 8, 2006
"Misunderestimating" terrorism
Alan B. Kreuger, David Laitin
Op-ed: New York Times on October 12, 2004
Are we winning the war on terrorism?
David Laitin, Alan B. Krueger
Op-ed: Washington Post on May 17, 2004

"Misunderestimating" terrorism
Alan B. Kreuger, David Laitin
New York Times on October 12, 2004